For the first time in a while, we have another team sticking with their original pick in this lottery with the Atlanta Trashers selecting winger Bryan Little at No. 12 overall in this redoing of the 2006 draft.
This might be a bit controversial, but I think Little had a good career in the NHL all things considered. Little's offensive production was pretty impressive, especially given the limited sample size compared to what he could've done had injuries and off-ice issues not taken away from some of his regular season action in his career.
Little is still one of just a single-digit number of wingers from this draft class who played over 800 career regular season games and scored 500 total points.
Sliding down seven spots, the Maple Leafs pick Brassard 13th overall in this reimagining of the 2006 draft lottery. Although Brassard does drop out of the top 10, he's still picked in the lottery in the first round in this redraft.
The Maple Leafs originally picked center Jiri Tlusty 13th overall in the 2006 draft lottery in the first round. Tlusty never played a full regular season for Toronto, and he probably wouldn't be selected in the first round if we were doing all 30 picks in this redraft.
Brassard, meanwhile, was one of four centers from this draft class who played over 1,000 career regular season games and scored over 500 total points.
The New York Rangers got good value out of selecting center Artem Anisimov 52nd overall in the second round of the 2006 draft. Anisimov is one of just five players selected outside of the first round of the 2006 draft who registered over 300 career points and played in over 500 regular season games.
One of the most underrated forwards in this draft class, Anisimov was an effective and reliable two-way center in an NHL career that spanned well over a decade. He scored 20 goals four times and played all 82 games in two different seasons with the New York Rangers in the early 2010s.
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